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Meeting Minutes of the Main Street Advisory Board <br />107 Kaufman St <br />Paris Texas <br />City Council Chambers <br />Tuesday, August 12, 2014 <br />Present : <br />Jerry Coyle <br />Jill Drake <br />Missy Starnes <br />Glee Emmite <br />Nancy Waldrum <br />Cheri Bedford, Main Street <br />Manager <br />Becky Semple, Chamber <br />Liaison <br />Benny Plata, Council Liaison <br />Absent: <br />Beatrice Ardila <br />Katie Raulston <br />Guests: <br />Dale Mayberry, Paris Fire <br />Marshall <br />Joey Sleeper, Building: <br />Official & Historic <br />Preservation Officer <br />1. Call meeting to order Jill Drake 4:26 p.m. <br />2. Role taken. Quorum established. <br />3. Citizens Forum: <br />4. Approval of minutes of July 8, 2014. Motion to approve by Jerry Coyle and second by <br />Nancy Waldrum. Motion carried. <br />5. Coordinator Updates: <br />a. Cheri reported that grass growing in the sidewalks will be addressed by the City. <br />b. Cheri reported on the PDA meeting. Held at Creative Candy Store. <br />c. Sidewalk project is to be started late August or early September <br />d. Cheri discussed the Pumpkin Festival. There are to be some changes to handle possible <br />weather issues. Vendors will be asked not to abandon their booths due to weather aland <br />to savage what you can from the weather event. If the weather is threatening we will use <br />the new alert system to notify us of any dangers or changes. Code Red is available on the <br />new cell phone app system for Paris Texas. Jerry Coyle questioned if there was possibility <br />of moving the event inside. Cheri noted because Vendors travel so far and there was not <br />a space large enough to house all of them on short notice. <br />6. Dale Mayberry, Paris Fire Marshall & Joey Sleeper, Building Official and Historical <br />Preservation Officer presented a discussion of the current fire codes for the Historic <br />District. We are using the International Building Codes established in 2006. Currently they <br />are looking into upgrading to the 2015 codes for existing building. The code rules are <br />available in the library. A discussion followed regarding lofts and the goal is to maintain <br />buildings in a safe manner. Discussion followed concerning other towns where development <br />of Historical areas seems more advanced. Cheri shared that other areas share Economic <br />